By Far the DR is better, there is much more to see in many departments, but to see the real people and the real island the DR is a better place, in a breakdown I would say:

1) Nature: it is so easy to travel between the island of the dominican republic, the roads are better and there are small hotels eveywhere, in Cuba you only have the large hotels.

In Cuba there is small hotels everywhere also, its true though that the roads are better in DR.

2) Food: In the DR you can find all types of food since in all of the island, in cuba this is a problem due to scarcity of many imported goods.
Also True for food, but in every medium or big city of Cuba you find excellent restaurants.

3) Scuba: for the same reasons you can scuba anywhere in the DR and there are many galeons and sunken ships to see.

Cuba too, more spots, more shore Cuba is 3 times the size of DR.

4) Culture: I would say it is close in this category as both have good museums and the old city are very interesting, Cuba may have a larger old city and the DR has an older one.

Well here in DR, there are no culture or almost not. I think we are mixing up culture with history here. Dominicans are "AMERICANS-WANT-TO-BE" while Cubans are proud of being Cubans, they are the masters of the arts, musics, dancing.
I suggest that you look at that site: http://www.soycubano.com


5) People: they are both very nice and welcoming, there is more opennes in the DR for obvious reasons.

Very true

I hope you enjoy your trip!!!!!!!!!

By Far the DR is better, there is much more to see in many departments, but to see the real people and the real island the DR is a better place, in a breakdown I would say:

1) Nature: it is so easy to travel between the island of the dominican republic, the roads are better and there are small hotels eveywhere, in Cuba you only have the large hotels.

In Cuba there is small hotels everywhere also, its true though that the roads are better in DR.

2) Food: In the DR you can find all types of food since in all of the island, in cuba this is a problem due to scarcity of many imported goods.
Also True for food, but in every medium or big city of Cuba you find excellent restaurants.

3) Scuba: for the same reasons you can scuba anywhere in the DR and there are many galeons and sunken ships to see.

Cuba too, more spots, more shore Cuba is 3 times the size of DR.

4) Culture: I would say it is close in this category as both have good museums and the old city are very interesting, Cuba may have a larger old city and the DR has an older one.

Well here in DR, there are no culture or almost not. I think we are mixing up culture with history here. Dominicans are "AMERICANS-WANT-TO-BE" while Cubans are proud of being Cubans, they are the masters of the arts, musics, dancing.
I suggest that you look at that site: http://www.soycubano.com


5) People: they are both very nice and welcoming, there is more opennes in the DR for obvious reasons.

Very true

I hope you enjoy your trip!!!!!!!!!